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| 2nd-Samuel 7:1 | It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies round about, | Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side; |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:2 | that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains. | The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:3 | Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you. | And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:4 | It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying, | Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:5 | Go and tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in? | Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me? |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:6 | for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tent. | For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:7 | In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar? | In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar? |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:8 | Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel; | Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel: |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:9 | and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth. | And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:10 | I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first, | And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first, |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:11 | and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house. | From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:12 | When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. | And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:13 | He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. | He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:14 | I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; | I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men; |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:15 | but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. | But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:16 | Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your throne shall be established forever. | And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:17 | According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David. | So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:18 | Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? | Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now? |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:19 | This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this [too] after the manner of men, Lord Yahweh! | And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God! |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:20 | What can David say more to you? for you know your servant, Lord Yahweh. | What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:21 | For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it. | Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:22 | Therefore you are great, Yahweh God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. | Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:23 | What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods? | And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people? |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:24 | You did establish to yourself your people Israel to be a people to you forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God. | But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:25 | Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm you it forever, and do as you have spoken. | And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said! |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:26 | Let your name be magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall be established before you. | And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you! |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:27 | For you, Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you. | For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you. |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:28 | Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant: | And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing; |
| 2nd-Samuel 7:29 | now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord Yahweh, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever. | So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever! |
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